Dee Ahern, R.P.T. , received her bachelor of science degree in physical therapy from the University of Iowa. As a manual physical therapist since 1978, she became interested in CranioSacral Therapy and has studied with The Upledger Institute since 1984. A practitioner of Visceral Manipulation for the past 10 years, Ms. Ahern became an instructor of that work in 1994.

Ms. Ahern has extensive managerial and clinical experience from acute care, long-term care and outpatient rehab settings. She has conducted research in England and Denmark, and worked with a team of 44 physicians in Colorado to develop standards of peer review.